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"Thought It Was PPP Group Chat": Controversy Erupts Over Lawmaker's Derogatory Remarks About President Lee Jae-myung Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Councilors and staff members are facing backlash after a provincial councilor from the ruling People Power Party used crude expressions to disparage President Lee Jae-myung in an official group chat room that includes all council members. SBS Sep 2, 2026 2:41 PM

Asked Repeatedly About Resigning From Assembly Seat, Yong Hae-in Says 'Will Prepare Well for Hearing' While ministerial nominee Yong Hae-in is refusing to follow convention and insisting on maintaining her proportional representation lawmaker seat, calls have emerged even within the ruling party for her to choose between being a minister and a lawmaker. SBS Sep 2, 2026 12:11 PM

Yong Hye-in Responds to Calls for Resignation: "I Will Prepare Well for the Hearing" 2 to answer questions from reporters. Lawmaker Yong Hye-in of the Basic Income Party, nominated as Minister of Gender Equality and Family, addressed demands for her to resign from her proportional representation seat on Sept. SBS Sep 2, 2026 11:13 AM

Cheong Wa Dae to Host '2080 Dialogue' Featuring Generations Sharing Different Experiences and Values The Office of the Presidential Secretary for National Integration at Cheong Wa Dae announced that the second episode of the "National Integration, Dialogue is Needed" broadcast will be live-streamed via KTV at 2:00 p.m. SBS Sep 2, 2026 11:11 AM

DP's Pro-Lee Park Sun-won Blasts Cho Kuk as Ungrateful Over Dismissal Warning Park Sun-won, a Supreme Council member of the main opposition Democratic Party belonging to the pro-Lee Jae-myung faction, criticized Cho Kuk, director of the Innovation Policy Institute of the Rebuilding Korea Party, saying, "I have no choice but to call it ungrateful," today . SBS Sep 2, 2026 10:49 AM

Han Byung-doo: PPP's Criticism of Kim Seung-won Is a Political Offensive Halting Criminal Justice Reform ▲ Democratic Party Floor Leader Han Byung-doo Democratic Party Floor Leader Han … SBS Sep 2, 2026 10:40 AM

Pro-Lee Jae-myung Park Sun-won Slams Cho Kuk as 'Ungrateful' Over Remarks on Dismissal of President's Indictment ▲ Supreme Council Member Park Sun-won of the Democratic Party Park Sun-won, a Su… SBS Sep 2, 2026 10:40 AM

President Lee: "Economic 'lean years' created by previous administration... priority is restoring growth" ▲ President Lee Jae-myung President Lee Jae-myung addressed criticisms that the … SBS Sep 2, 2026 10:20 AM

Yong Hye-in Hesitates on Dual-Role Controversy: "I Will Organize My Thoughts Well..." Yong Hye-in, a lawmaker of the Basic Income Party nominated as Minister of Gende… SBS Sep 2, 2026 10:07 AM

Chung Jeom-sik Says Cho Kuk's Remarks on Dismissal of Indictment Signal "Beginning of President Lee's Lame Duck Period" The only change in circumstances that led to this flip-flop is none other than a 'lame duck.'" Regarding Cho's remarks that "we must accurately distinguish and take action on cases where indictments should be dismissed in the first trial versus cases that should be tried after the president's term ends," Chung emphasized, "The statement that the second trial will resume 'after the term' is wrong. SBS Sep 2, 2026 9:53 AM